Dawson's Creek Season 2 Episode 6 The Dance
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00:00died he's dead okay is your mother getting any help you've been everything to me and it's a nice
00:06place for you but for me it's scary because i realized that aside from you i don't have anything
00:11you've got to get beyond your own ego and just forgive her fix this family i'm sorry jack
00:18there's obviously a lot more to you than pride falls joey you ain't seen nothing yet
00:30oh my god i love footloose don't you guys love to dance i am so excited about the homecoming dance
00:42next weekend the homecoming dance my god we're hanging out with marshall brady i don't understand
00:49what's wrong with the school dance i think what pace is just saying is we're not exactly the
00:53school dance type yeah we'd rather watch a movie about a high school dance than actually set foot
00:58inside an over decorated gym in fact this indictment of high school conventions isn't
01:03really just limited to dances it kind of covers the whole spectrum of school sponsored events
01:08case in point joey how many high school football games you've been to
01:12none and dawson how many pep rallies have you loyally attended zero
01:18you guys are a bunch of cynics you know that i mean what kind of high school memories are
01:22you guys gonna have if all you did in high school is bitch and moan about everything
01:26bitching memories moaning memories you guys are completely sabotaging your high school experience
01:32guilty as charged now dawson if you don't mind would you turn the video back on because i really
01:36want to see who's responsible for kevin bacon's roguish devil make hair hairdo
01:45you mean you would rather watch a movie about something than doing it yourselves
01:49correct
01:55okay what about sex
02:00i mean you guys are missing a major opportunity here why else do you think the bible thumpers
02:06and footloose were so adamant about outlying dancing they believed it to be sinful are you
02:12saying dancing equals sex no i'm saying dancing could possibly be a really great foreplay
02:19i love the way you think so who's coming with me on saturday
02:28my heart is in my hands my head is in the clouds
02:37my feet have left the ground my life is
02:49telling me to
03:05every kiss just makes me wonder
03:18okay we're here are you gonna get out
03:40oh i was thinking what is it this morning general teen angst or something specific
03:49let's see if i tell you something you promised to respond with nothing but
03:53sincerely advice and or concern of course okay jack kissed me
04:01oh my god i don't think kathleen qualifies as concern or advice i'm sorry joey but jack
04:08chore boy down at the ice house yes he kissed you it was nothing really i mean it happened and then
04:14it was over and so what's the problem then dawson you didn't tell him did you
04:23i mean here's the thing i mean this is a classic example of what i would tell dawson a friend but
04:28since dawson the friend became dawson the boyfriend the concept of newsworthy events
04:33worry and but now look here's the way i see it jack kissed you right it was a one-way kiss right
04:42surprise maneuver completely uninvited all in all no big deal so you didn't do anything wrong
04:49don't beat yourself up ever really joy if you want my advice just put it behind you
04:54concentrate on dawson pretend like it didn't happen like what didn't happen exactly
05:02thanks miss see ya okay
05:13no way those are real what you think those are man-made
05:17jenner's please physical enhancement caters not only to size it can improve
05:23shape direction perk factor that girl's had some work done you know brett sure doesn't seem to mind
05:29please brett thompson's in bold with good hair and tight pants a classic himbo in other words perfect
05:39oh that's your type oh what's the matter jen brett's too much man not enough touchy feely
05:45film watcher we'll mark it down come saturday night brett and christy will be history
05:52saturday brett will be mine edward that's pathetic well you're actually just gonna go
05:58to the homecoming dance to hit on somebody else's boyfriend
06:01well my guidance counselor's always telling me to set goals for myself
06:07you're on your own fine do it yourself stay at home and read scripture with grandma
06:13brett and i'll drop you a line from vegas
06:19don't pull me away like i'm some stupid dog on a leash how about acknowledging me
06:24can you see the outside huh
06:29i promise we will never air a relational crisis i can't think of anything more embarrassing
06:38deal okay
06:42right don't remind me again how annie mcphee convinced us to go to this homecoming dance
06:48um i think by promising us that dancing always ends in tawdry smut action oh
06:56could that possibly be our first mention of sex since we've been together
07:00possibly why is that when we were friends we talked about sex all the time i think because
07:07we wanted to ease into the subject in order to make the transition from friend to lover
07:12i'm confusing we're gonna if we if we are confused about the transition from friend to lover
07:19um i can only think of one bit of a true essential what do you suggest
07:25that you put on your dancing shoes hey guys hey jen wipe the drool dawson
07:36i don't like the two of them being so chummy i mean abby is not a good influence for jen
07:43is this genuine concern i'm hearing with jen on me
07:47well i just feel bad for her i mean she's had a hard time her grandpa just died
07:53maybe we should invite her to the dance i mean we're going as a group
07:56it might be fun for her sure father i applaud you you earn major humanity points for this
08:03um but don't you think we might make her feel worse than shari does i don't know
08:09all i know is that it is really hard to lose a family member dawson
08:15and i just think it might be fun for him it's up to you your call
08:39so since i'm in charge of transportation on saturday i pick up your house or do you
08:54want to meet somewhere else let's meet somewhere cool how's your mom doing anyway
09:00she's having a good week you know andy if there's ever anything i can do you just
09:05just please ask me right
09:10so witter i hope you have your moves polished and ready because i plan on making a dancing
09:15fool out of you sorry no can do mcfee i don't dance what do you mean you don't dance well it's
09:21simple i don't like it and i'm really not any good at it i mean it's bad enough that i'm just
09:25going on saturday night so don't expect me to get out there and start busting a move because it's
09:29just not gonna happen you don't dance you are beyond immature oh you're overbearing boring
09:34vulgar
09:40no it's just our usual passive-aggressive badger
09:44no actually we were just talking about the dance and hey if you guys don't mind i'd really like
09:49to invite my brother jack to come along you know he's kind of a loner and i think it'd be good for
09:52him actually why don't we also invite jen jack and jen a setup i mean i'm not sure they're a
10:00perfect match but they're both single i like it i like it a lot no no guys this is a bad idea you
10:06never know it could work a possible love connection let's do it no don't no come on whenever you fix
10:12up two people who don't even know each other it's just a recipe for disaster okay this can only end
10:17badly i promise you please i'll set it up okay bye-bye
10:24am i invisible
10:39so
10:59what's going on
11:03well
11:03um
11:07i know things are a little out of hand the other night and uh
11:12well i'm not sure what the segue is here but your mother and i
11:16after much talk after much consideration i have decided
11:24honey sometimes you focus so hard on the solution that when you step away when you pull back
11:36only then does the solution truly appear yes right and as improbable as this approach might seem
11:49sometimes it's the only one left and uh in this case it's the only one left so what um
12:00we're trying to say is that is that your mother and i have decided to spend some time apart
12:19well
12:22so i think you two have given this quite a bit of careful thought
12:26yes honey we have right and so for me to suggest that you go back to counseling
12:32wouldn't make any difference we've tried it so i guess if we're doing a good to suggest
12:38that you make a more concerted effort at trying to find a solution a proof communication possibly
12:44more family outings truth serum dawson your opinion is important to us and we love you
12:52but we're not open to suggestions on this one
12:56that was just a conclusion a conclusion that we've reached yeah
13:05well i concluded your conclusion sucks
13:14so
13:31why don't you just let paisley pick us up at the house you know why jack
13:36you strap mom in for the evening not funny she's not getting any better you know
13:46you know jack i'd like a night off okay just one night off one attempt at fun can we do that
13:53please well maybe i shouldn't be around i'll just bring you down and i hate dances i just
13:58i don't do well with these things don't be silly it'll be fun okay besides it's time we got you
14:03out and met some of keepsides cuties and who knows you might meet the woman of your dreams
14:09tonight maybe maybe you already have oh good here's pacey
14:16it's a white car yeah it's his dad's we have a uh complex relationship
14:35so
14:42look i i should be going
14:50gail this is just a trial okay it's only temporary absolutely only temporary
15:00um look
15:02um are there rules i mean can we talk to each other of course we can talk to each other
15:14you can call me whenever you need to
15:15you
15:20go goodbye
15:45so
16:05are you all right uh yeah dos and i'm fine really i'm fine it's uh
16:14it's just the onions i don't have to go to this dance i can stay i must i'll stay home if you want
16:21no don't be silly honey um everything's fine i'm i'm fine you turn around and tell me that
16:32why don't you go pick up joey honey so you're not late for the dance
16:37so
16:42go on
16:42so
17:01the light was clearly red hazy oh no it was turning red there's a difference i agree with
17:07you red means stop the light that's turning red that's like an invitation to hit the gas
17:12what he is dawson joey hey um dawson you know my brother jack right yeah we met uh
17:20unofficially and of course you know joey yeah yeah of course
17:26oh
17:30wow everybody hey jen um this is jack my brother hi jack andy's brother it's just jack actually
17:39so shall we yeah let's go
18:09so
18:22hey
18:39me
18:58so you decided to slum it after all hey abby i have to tell you i love your dress in fact i have
19:05the same one in a smaller size
19:30i have an idea why don't you dance with my brother jack
19:35oh hi brother jack
19:40it's actually just playing jack just playing jack
19:46let me ask you something then just playing jack do you get the feeling that we're being set up here
19:58what makes you say that
20:00i don't know i mean she's cute she's cute he's cute they've never met before they're
20:06completely opposites and it's gonna be ugly in about 20 minutes
20:12some of my dad drove off and left my mom crying over the kitchen sink
20:18how would i wouldn't give now for them to go back to their coffee table sex antics
20:23you know i'm just going to let them work out their analysts and traumas on their own
20:28it's too clear
20:31so here's a bright side oh yeah
20:37the coffee table is now available
20:39oh yeah what's that the coffee table is now available
20:51well well well i dare say they like each other
21:00jack and jen yeah and then i sort of played matchmaker tonight
21:04why would you do that dawson that's like the worst thing i've ever heard of
21:09they both need to meet new people they're both single yeah but jack is this nice sweet guy and
21:15jen is this barracuda it will never work why are you getting so worked up about this
21:22i'm not getting worked up dawson i just have an opinion that's all
21:27oops i'll hurt the media
21:50come on casey what do you say you want to dance
21:52sorry i told you mcfee i don't dance i don't believe you i think that you're holding out
21:59on me in some power move to keep control in this relationship what relationship
22:07come on please just a slow dance i told you mcfee i don't dance all right that includes
22:14dances of all speeds of all types from all cultures including but not limited to slow
22:19dances fast dances and whatever it was the country space was doing in dirty dancing
22:24you know fancy you can be so stubborn sometimes
22:28fine if you don't want to dance with me i'll just find someone who will
22:35just don't hurt the poor guy would you
22:49me
23:09okay time to switch partners i was actually um i think i'm gonna go outside and get some air
23:16but thanks for the dance jack yeah sure anytime jen
23:24okay dawson i guess it's just you and me because i do not intend to spend the entire
23:29evening dancing with my brother so jack sweep your boss off her feet
23:34i know you've been avoiding i haven't been avoiding no no it's it's it's all right because
23:40i just want you to know that i take full responsibility full responsibility for
23:44kissing you you know i apologize i crossed the line yeah you did jack because i have a
23:51boyfriend and you knew that and now thanks to you i feel guilty for not being able to
23:56tonight yeah you did jack because i have a boyfriend and you knew that and now thanks to
24:02you i feel guilty every time i look at him over nothing i don't even think we should be having
24:21did i mention that you weren't supposed to follow me i just want to apologize joey
24:25okay that's all i want to do fine you apologize noted see you later what are you so angry about
24:34why am i so angry i am angry because you didn't respect me or my relationship what you did was
24:40so rude and inappropriate no no no i think there's something else going on here what
24:46it's all this anger that you're expressing man it just it doesn't make any sense okay it doesn't
24:51what are you talking about i don't think you're angry with me for kissing you
24:57i think you're angry with yourself for kissing me back
25:20me
25:42oh
25:50you know what i admire most about you brett that you work all of your muscle groups equally
26:09you know i i wanted to say thanks for inviting me tonight and everything um actually had a
26:14surprisingly good time but how why are you speaking in the past tense i mean the party's
26:19still going i i think it's about over for me i'm i'm just sort of beat so if you don't mind i'm
26:25gonna head home mind of course i mind i mean we were just in the middle of a very interesting
26:30conversation we were sharing and getting to know each other now you just want to leave like that
26:35and you want to take off oh perfect then you can walk 10 home
26:41jack what's that all about
26:44man you really need to talk to joey about this i'm asking you
26:50look it was a weird night room was full all right it just just happened so you kissed my girlfriend
26:57yeah i did i'm not gonna apologize for it man because the truth is i'd do it again
27:03so let's just not make this into some high school rump right because neither of us are type
27:07what are you doing
27:22nice punch champ
27:25who knew he had so much testosterone
27:37uh
27:54hey christy what are you doing out here by yourself just thinking
28:02you know about what usual why my boyfriend will flirt with anything in a short skirt
28:11and why i lack the self-esteem to stop him
28:16well if you need a boost you came to the right place because i personally know about 800 guys
28:22who would line up to replace brett if he ever exited the picture and that's just in the school
28:27i mean if you added the neighboring school districts we could probably triple that number
28:31right christy are you joking
28:37listen i may not hang out with beautiful people at cape side but i'd like to think that i have
28:42my finger on the pulse of the common man and believe me that pulse quickens considerably
28:49when you walk by
28:55sorry i just thought you should know
29:01well have a good night christy
29:05are you one of them
29:09excuse me
29:12i was just wondering if you were one of those quick pulses
29:25yeah
29:26uh
29:34yeah of course i am i think you're incredible christian
29:41you already know that
29:47you know as lame as these school dances can be
29:51there's always that one moment that seems to make it all worthwhile
29:58so uh
30:01what do you say pacey
30:05you dance with me
30:13yeah
30:20oh
30:51so
31:10hello
31:15hello
31:16would you believe i now have access to the home shopping i've worked 24 hours a day
31:25hi how are you
31:30we have a big house
31:35i never realized just how big our house was before tonight
31:41i um
31:42i um i can still call it our house can i yes it is our house
31:52i don't know mitch i don't know if i can do this
31:57yes you can because you have to but why why do i have to because no matter how big our house is
32:08right now it's far too small for the two of us
32:18well just remember mitch the door to this house it's it's always open
32:27i will
32:30have a good night
32:33bye
32:37so
32:49she broke his smile he cut his tongue on words free clean by
32:57my
33:17so i see yeah well you better get out of here before he wants a rematch
33:21at lunch
33:25are you uh sorry you take care of him okay
33:51uh
34:10dawson dawson where are you going oh no i want to talk about first you run away now you talk no
34:19look about the kiss i know all about no you don't do you kiss somebody else what else is there to
34:23know it wasn't like he kissed me and i just didn't stop him look i'm sorry dawson okay
34:34it was a mistake a poor errand judgment that's it and for you to blow this into some
34:39earth-shattering scene of cinematic proportions wait a minute you're not going to do that to me
34:43do what you're not going to use who i am against me just to divert from the fact that you screwed
34:47up i said i was sorry what else do you want me to say there's nothing you can say joey
34:52there's no testifiable reason why the girl who spent the last 15 years of her life pretending
34:57i was the only thing she wanted ended up kissing some other guy and lying about look i didn't lie
35:02to you dawson that kiss was not my doing not you're doing no but you metaphysically leave
35:07your body the exact second your lips touched his don't do this don't punish me just to make
35:12yourself feel better oh so i'm the bad yeah i guess you are you cheat on me and i'm the bad
35:16yes don't you get it this isn't about some stupid kiss dawson no it's about us no it's about me
35:25for once it's about me dawson that's what i've been trying to tell you
35:42so
35:54well this is messed up all right um oh my god that's really starting to swell yeah
36:04well i probably deserved it i made a scene when i should have just left things alone
36:12you really like her don't you joey why don't you say that well i don't i don't think i know
36:18if a guy would take a punch like that for a girl he doesn't like well i don't know maybe i have no
36:23chance but you know i've always been sort of a sucker for lost causes i guess i'm not a sucker
36:28romantic there's nothing wrong with that romantic i mean it's like a nice word for
36:35loser oh oh i you should really get some ice on that yeah um and i should go go inside
36:50yeah
36:55hey you know jack um
36:59i had a really good time tonight um and i think i've got you to thank for that
37:06why i didn't really do anything no no you did
37:11when you were with me you did a really good
37:13job of pretending that you didn't want to be with somebody else
37:21good night all right
37:31jack yeah keep fighting for your lost causes you never know when your luck might change
37:51so
38:13what is your resolution
38:15sir
38:28where is your contribution sir
38:45the telltale words of a wise from the man
39:02closer comes the hour
39:09closer comes
39:16closer comes the hour
39:21i thought you didn't dance pacey
39:25you know i've been looking for you in fact i've been looking everywhere for you
39:31you said you didn't dance pacey
39:34what did you see me out there come on you could hardly call that dancing
39:39no i'd call it foreplay but then again we don't know any explanations for each other do we i mean
39:45we're just sparring partners right we don't mean anything more to each other than that
39:49it's not true you know that's not true andy i was i was having a wonderful time with you
39:56tonight i was it's just when i ran into christy i don't know i just i got swept up in the moment
40:06yeah well it's too bad that i'm not the kind of girl who can sweep you away
40:11come on andy andy come on you know that's not what i meant
40:16it's just i don't know christy she's she's she's like a fantasy and come on you can't
40:24tell me you haven't wanted to act out of fantasy i mean even if just for a moment
40:29even if you knew it was wrong i was trying to act out of fantasy all night pacey
40:34why do you like me what why do you like me
40:46i'm a screw-up andy i'm thoughtless i'm insecure and
40:50for the life of me i just can't understand why a woman like you would bother to care about me
40:57god i don't know pacey because you're funny and you're kind and you don't judge people
41:05and you make me feel good about myself
41:09and you didn't run screaming the other day for my house when you met my crazy old mother
41:15and you're smart you know i don't know where you get this whole loser complex
41:19pacey because you are so smart you spar better with me than anyone
41:27and you're sharp and you're witty and you're brilliant
41:35and this is more than you deserve right now
41:42i know i know and i know
41:49really truly sorry i am i'm sorry that i've been in a long time the moment that i spent with christy
41:57that one moment that's going to make the whole night worthwhile
42:04i was with the wrong person
42:09i'll spend that moment with you
42:15well we're certainly having one now aren't we
42:17me
42:40sharp witty and brilliant huh anything you care to add to that
42:45you think i find this charming pacey you're majorly deluded
42:48of course how could you i'm a witness for a major cat kiss i thought you'd never ask
43:15me
43:38did you ever love somebody
43:45joey
44:01dawson i'm so sorry
44:09what happened joey
44:09i i told you jack kissed me and i just jack and this isn't about jack
44:22what is going on between us
44:35ever since we got together you've been i think you've been pulling away from me
44:40i thought this was what you wanted i you know
44:49i thought i was what you wanted am i
44:58you know what i'm going to want dawson what does that mean
45:02i mean for so long all i've thought about was you and all i dreamed about was you what happened
45:17i got my dream
45:20and and now i feel like i don't have anything else
45:26i mean you have your future so perfectly planned dawson
45:33you know exactly what you want to do what you want to accomplish and and me i
45:43i don't even know who i am let alone you know what i want to be and accomplish i i guess i
45:51i i need to figure that out and i need to find my something so we'll find it
46:08it can't include you dawson
46:10and it has to be my doing and mine alone you make me so happy you know
46:24but i have to make myself happy first and that's probably the one thing in this whole world
46:33that you can't do for me so what are you saying
46:49joey no joey i love you
47:03i love you too dawson
47:23how can it be over we can't just say i love you for the first time and have it be over
47:30all right i have to go dawson
47:36good night
47:59so
48:29so
48:59so
49:29so
49:59you